GLOBAL FREIGHT · EST. 2011 · ROTTERDAM

GLOBAL FREIGHT · EST. 2011 · ROTTERDAM

40' HIGH-CUBE · 76.4 m³

We carry
what counts.

Ocean, air, road and rail for teams who ship serious things with live visibility on every mile and a real person on the line at 2 a.m.

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trade lanes, live today

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on-time, last 12 months

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offices that answer the phone

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human desk no bots at night

  • DUBAI JEBEL ALI — CLEAR

  • NEW YORK APM — MODERATE

  • SINGAPORE PSA — 12 MIN DWELL

  • SHANGHAI YANGSHAN — CLEAR

  • SUEZ CONVOY — ON SCHEDULE

  • HAMBURG CTA — CLEAR

  • DUBAI JEBEL ALI — CLEAR

  • NEW YORK APM — MODERATE

  • SINGAPORE PSA — 12 MIN DWELL

  • SHANGHAI YANGSHAN — CLEAR

  • SUEZ CONVOY — ON SCHEDULE

  • HAMBURG CTA — CLEAR

  • DUBAI JEBEL ALI — CLEAR

  • NEW YORK APM — MODERATE

  • SINGAPORE PSA — 12 MIN DWELL

  • SHANGHAI YANGSHAN — CLEAR

  • SUEZ CONVOY — ON SCHEDULE

  • HAMBURG CTA — CLEAR

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

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Brass · kerosene · 1908

Freight is a promise kept mostly in the dark. We keep the light on honest ETAs, prices that don't change at invoice, and a person who picks up at 2 a.m.

The container is just steel. The care is the product.

No surprise fees

No surprise fees

Named account leads

Named account leads

Signed carbon ledger

Signed carbon ledger

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MODES OF CARRIAGE

Four ways to move, one way to answer.

One planner runs your booking across every mode. You get a single ETA, a single cost sheet, a single person to call.

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FCL · LCL · Reefer

FIG · 01 · A

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Ocean.

Contracted space on 38 alliances. Weekly departures out of 62 origins. We hold real allocation, not spot promises.

62 origins → 214 destinations

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FCL · LCL · Reefer

FIG · 01 · A

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Ocean.

Contracted space on 38 alliances. Weekly departures out of 62 origins. We hold real allocation, not spot promises.

62 origins → 214 destinations

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FCL · LCL · Reefer

FIG · 01 · A

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Ocean.

Contracted space on 38 alliances. Weekly departures out of 62 origins. We hold real allocation, not spot promises.

62 origins → 214 destinations

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THE WORKFLOW

Five steps.No dead air between them.

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Say what moves

Pallets, kilos, HS code, or a photo of the packing list. We'll normalize it.

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Get a real price

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Book with one click

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Watch it move

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Say what moves

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Say what moves

Pallets, kilos, HS code, or a photo of the packing list. We'll normalize it.

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Get a real price

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Book with one click

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Watch it move

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Say what moves

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PLATFORM

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The console your ops team wishes freight already had.

Booking

One form. Every mode. No re-keying between ocean, air, road, rail.

Documents

BLs, packing lists, COOs. Auto-filed, versioned, signable in-place.

Customs

Pre-filed at origin. Cleared before the box hits the ground.

Sensors

Reefer, shock, tilt, humidity, door-open. Alerts routed to your Slack.

Cost sheet

All-in landed cost. Held for 14 days. No mystery lines on the invoice.

API

Everything above, but as endpoints. OpenAPI 3.1. Webhooks that retry.

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PLATFORM

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The console your ops team wishes freight already had.

Booking

One form. Every mode. No re-keying between ocean, air, road, rail.

Documents

BLs, packing lists, COOs. Auto-filed, versioned, signable in-place.

Customs

Pre-filed at origin. Cleared before the box hits the ground.

Sensors

Reefer, shock, tilt, humidity, door-open. Alerts routed to your Slack.

Cost sheet

All-in landed cost. Held for 14 days. No mystery lines on the invoice.

API

Everything above, but as endpoints. OpenAPI 3.1. Webhooks that retry.

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OWN GATES. OWN PEOPLE.

We stand in the yard, not just on the phone.

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Staff on payroll

Lantern crews work inside 12 terminals from Rotterdam to Long Beach. When your box moves the wrong way, our person is 90 seconds from it not two time zones away.

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ANATOMY OF A BOX

We know every rivet. Because we've replaced them.

A shipping container is a promise made in Cor-Ten steel. We inspect at cutoff, at midpoint, and at gate-out. We torch-check for daylight before we seal. We hand you the drawing, not just the box.

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Interior Schematic

22'5 dry cargo · doors open · full anatomy

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Interior Schematic

22'5 dry cargo · doors open · full anatomy

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Interior Schematic

22'5 dry cargo · doors open · full anatomy

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THE NETWORK

214 lanes. Live today.

Filter by mode, cutoff, or transit. Every lane below has contracted space this week not spot bidding.

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LANE

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ORIGIN

ORIGIN

Shanghai

Shanghai

Xi'an

Xi'an

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

Istanbul

Istanbul

Mumbai

Mumbai

Guadalajara

Guadalajara

DESTINATION

DESTINATION

→ Rotterdam

→ Rotterdam

→ Duisburg

→ Duisburg

→ Frankfurt

→ Frankfurt

→ Chicago

→ Chicago

→ Long Beach

→ Long Beach

→ Milan

→ Milan

→ Hamburg

→ Hamburg

→ Dallas

→ Dallas

TRANSIT

TRANSIT

28d

28d

16d

16d

38h

38h

3d

3d

22d

22d

4d

4d

24d

24d

36h

36h

FREQ.

FREQ.

Weekly

Weekly

Twice weekly

Twice weekly

Twice week

Daily

Daily

Daily

Daily

Weekly

Weekly

3× weekly

3× weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Daily

Daily

MODE

MODE

Ocean · FCL

Ocean · FCL

Rail · Block

Rail · Block

Air · General

Air · General

Road · FTL

Road · FTL

Ocean · FCL

Ocean · FCL

Road · Trunk

Road · Trunk

Ocean · Reefer

Ocean · Reefer

Ocean · Re

Road · Cross

Road · Cross-dock

Road · Cross-dock

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CARGO DOSSIERS

Real boxes. Real customers. Real math.

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2,400

vials

Basel → São Paulo

Meridian Therapeutics

0 excursions on 96 shipments · full CoC chain

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18

40′HC

Hamburg → Chennai

Halden Robotics

Cleared in 4h · saved 11 days on last vendor

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312

kg

Taipei → Dresden

Nordheim Fab

Charter uplift in 22h · handover to bonded truck

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312

kg

Taipei → Dresden

Nordheim Fab

Charter uplift in 22h · handover to bonded truck

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PLATFORM

Ask the awkward ones. We prefer them.

Do you actually own trucks and terminals, or is this a broker with a nice website?

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We own our European road fleet (41 lanes, 220 tractors) and operate crews inside 12 marine terminals. Outside those, we contract with audited partners under our SLA, one contract, one bill.

What happens if my container is late?

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Can we onboard without ripping out our TMS?

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Do you handle dangerous goods, pharma, and high-value?

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What does 'no surprise fees' really mean?

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PLATFORM

Ask the awkward ones. We prefer them.

Do you actually own trucks and terminals, or is this a broker with a nice website?

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We own our European road fleet (41 lanes, 220 tractors) and operate crews inside 12 marine terminals. Outside those, we contract with audited partners under our SLA, one contract, one bill.

What happens if my container is late?

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Can we onboard without ripping out our TMS?

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Do you handle dangerous goods, pharma, and high-value?

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What does 'no surprise fees' really mean?

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PLATFORM

Ask the awkward ones. We prefer them.

Do you actually own trucks and terminals, or is this a broker with a nice website?

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We own our European road fleet (41 lanes, 220 tractors) and operate crews inside 12 marine terminals. Outside those, we contract with audited partners under our SLA, one contract, one bill.

What happens if my container is late?

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Can we onboard without ripping out our TMS?

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Do you handle dangerous goods, pharma, and high-value?

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What does 'no surprise fees' really mean?

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BOOK A BOX · GET A REAL NUMBER

Ship it with Lantern.

A signed quote in under four hours, or we buy the first coffee at your Rotterdam office visit.

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BOOK A BOX · GET A REAL NUMBER

Ship it with Lantern.

A signed quote in under four hours, or we buy the first coffee at your Rotterdam office visit.

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BOOK A BOX · GET A REAL NUMBER

Ship it with Lantern.

A signed quote in under four hours, or we buy the first coffee at your Rotterdam office visit.

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Global freight, kept in the light. Ocean · Air · Road · Rail. Est. 2011 · Rotterdam.

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© 2026 Lantern Cargo B.V. · KvK 55123421

Logo

Global freight, kept in the light. Ocean · Air · Road · Rail. Est. 2011 · Rotterdam.

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© 2026 Lantern Cargo B.V. · KvK 55123421

Logo

Global freight, kept in the light. Ocean · Air · Road · Rail. Est. 2011 · Rotterdam.

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© 2026 Lantern Cargo B.V. · KvK 55123421

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